Ringing sites of Black guillemot
(n=)Recovery sites of Black guillemot
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 117 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 79 (67,5%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 5 |
| No. of individuals | | 5 |
| Proportion recovered | | 4,3% |
Black guillemot is a common breeding resident in the Faroes with approximately 3,500 pairs. It has been hunted in the past, but hunting is now banned. Black guillemots breed on most of the islands. 117 birds have been ringed in the Faroes, most on Nólsoy (52), Mykines (22), and Koltur (19). Most (98%) have been ringed during the breeding period (1 July - 24 August) and 77% have been ringed as chicks, 1% as 1st calendar year bird, and 22% as older. Six black guillemots have been recovered; five were ringed on Nólsoy and one on Skúvoy. All recoveries are from the Faroes. Three were shot, two in 1938.
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The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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